Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Diascia pentheri Schltr.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
SCROPHULARIACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Insufficient Information
Assessment Date
2005/04/05
Assessor(s)
K.E. Steiner & J.E. Victor
Justification
The type specimen of this species was destroyed when the Berlin Herbarium burnt down, no specimens can be matched with the 1903 species description.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Unknown.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Description
Unknown.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Diascia pentheri Schltr.Data Deficient Raimondo et al. (2009)
Diascia pentheri Schltr.Insufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Diascia pentheri Schltr.Uncertain Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


Citation
Steiner, K.E. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Diascia pentheri Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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